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Toodlesxp t1_j6u0ohi wrote

Reply to comment by rugbat in Endangered male northern quolls are giving up sleep in favour of having more sex – and it could be killing them, according to a study that investigated why male northern quolls usually mate themselves to death in one season while females can live and reproduce for up to four years. by MistWeaver80

I think it's very telling that they die because their immune systems collapse. Maybe it is that way with humans, too.

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Toodlesxp t1_j26mo2k wrote

Reply to comment by Fjells in Study of 578 mental health apps indicates current app marketplaces primarily offer basic features such as psychoeducation, goal tracking, and mindfulness but fewer innovative features such as specialized therapies. Privacy challenges remain common as well. by lolfuys

If you are interested, there are apps like that. Wysa and woebot. They help a little, but you have to be consistent, and the answers are usually generic. Plus they have to improve the thing so you know someone's reading your stuff to fix the algorithm.

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Toodlesxp t1_j1k1531 wrote

Reply to Study in mice demonstrates that remote fear memories formed in the distant past are permanently stored in connections between memory neurons in the prefrontal cortex, and thanks to this findings, researchers were able to prevented the mice recalling remote but not recent fear memory by giuliomagnifico

They used to do this, it's called a lobotomy. My great grandmother had one after she attacked her infant child, my grandmother.

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